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Galifianakis movie shooting will continue in Asheville

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Published 12:36 p.m. ET Aug. 7, 2014

The armored truck featured in the new movie “Loomis Fargo,” starring Zach Galifianakis, was seen proceeding up Broadway and into a Citgo gas station Wednesday. The truck later proceeded back down Broadway.(Photo: John Coutlakis/jcoutlakis@citizen-times.com)

The "Untitled Armored Car" production plans to continue filming in downtown Asheville in August, including a retake Tuesday and a shoot at the U.S. Cellular Center Aug. 14.

According to permit applications filed with the City of Asheville, the production plans to film from 5-10 a.m. Tuesday in front of the BB&T building on Broadway Street, and then on the Buncombe County Courthouse steps.

Event setup will begin at the U.S. Cellular Center at 87 Haywood St. on Aug. 11, with filming planned from 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 14. Filming that day is expected to require 100 people.

This will be a retake of scenes shot in downtown this week, which featured star Zach Galifianakis in character as armored car driver David.

The Loomis Fargo armored car will again be parked outside of the BB&T building, and according to the permits, "actor exits the BB&T Building, walks to armored car, actors gets into armored car and begin(s) to drive away.

"Production company will move to Buncombe County Courthouse upon completion of filming at 1 W. Pack Square."

About 130 people will be involved in the production, the permits say, and there will also be filming in the BB&T lobby.

The filming will require parking meter closures, as well as barricades and traffic cone orders. There will closures on Broadway from College Street to North Pack Square, as well on Patton Avenue from Lexington to Broadway, and North Pack Square/Broadway to Market, and on Biltmore Avenue from Eagle Street to North Pack Square, according to the permits.

Those road closures will be from 6-9 a.m.

Also expect a lane closure on the north side, westbound lane on College Street between Market and Broadway.

The permits also say that there will be a base camp, equipment trucks, crew and extras parking off site, and in private lots and decks.

A 10-ton camera truck, craft services truck will be in the westbound lane, north side on College Street, and a generator will be parked on the north side of Patton Avenue.

The U.S. Cellular Center filming will also require street and sidewalk closures. According to permits, the sidewalk on the east side of Flint Street between Haywood and Hiawassee streets will be closed from noon Aug. 13 until noon Aug. 15.

The production also requested closure of the free public parking lot on Cherry Street between Flint Street and Cumberland Avenue.

The movie, about a famous Charlotte bank robbery, stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson and Kristen Wiig, and has been filming in Asheville and surrounding areas since early July.

The production office is based downtown at 1 W. Pack Square (BB&T Building).

The film is based on the $17.3 million cash robbery of the regional vault of Loomis Fargo & Company in Charlotte in 1997. The heist, which was the largest robbery in the United States at the time, was organized by an armored car driver and vault supervisor.